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    NFU urges Chancellor to prioritise food production

    Matthew TiltBy Matthew TiltMarch 13, 20232 Mins Read
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    In a letter to the Chancellor ahead of the spring budget, the NFU has called for greater support for domestic food production, as production costs continue to soar.

    The letter, sent by NFU president Minette Batters, called for extending the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries scheme to include sectors such as horticulture and poultry production. It also called for an extension to the current reduced fuel duty rates and for improved support for capital investment, which would help alleviate costs for farm businesses.

    Mrs Batters said: “At an NFU reception in Westminster in December, the Chancellor recognised the ongoing challenges of producing food in Britain, and we are now seeing the impact of these challenges play out through contraction across all sectors. If the government is to halt food price inflation and help prevent further food shortages, greater support and confidence is needed for the thousands of farm businesses which are trying, but struggling, to feed our nation.

    “It seems irresponsible that the ETII scheme completely overlooks primary food production, not to mention it is wholly at odds with the government’s own ambition to produce more home-grown fruit and vegetables. An urgent review into the ETII is needed to ensure that essential and vulnerable food producing sectors, such as protected horticulture and poultry production, do not face a cliff edge when the Energy Bill Relief Scheme ends later this month.

    “Improving support for capital investment and extending the reduced fuel duty rates would also give farmers and growers across all sectors greater confidence, especially as the cost of red diesel remains almost 40% higher than it was last April.”

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    Machinery editor for Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer. Matt has worked as an agricultural machinery journalist for five years, following time spent in his family’s Worcestershire contracting business. When he’s not driving or writing about the latest farm equipment, he can be found in his local cinema, or with his headphones in, reading a good book.

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